Management of cutaneous warts: An evidence-based approach

American Journal of Clinical Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 311-317

  Micali, Giuseppe ^a   Dall'Oglio, Federica ^a   Nasca, Maria R ^a   Tedeschi, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; ALPHA2 INTERFERON; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BLEOMYCIN; CANDIDA ANTIGEN; CANTHARIDIN; CHLOROACETIC ACID; CIDOFOVIR; CIMETIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; IMIQUIMOD; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LEVAMISOLE; MUMPS VIRUS ANTIGEN; PODOPHYLLIN; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; SILVER NITRATE; SQUARIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLISTER; BLOOD TOXICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRY SKIN; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGUS BURN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOTENSION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAIL DISEASE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCAR; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN ULCER; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VOMITING; WART VIRUS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LASERS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SALICYLIC ACID; WARTS;

EID: 10644258591     PISSN: 11750561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200405050-00004     Document Type: Review

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